Draft:Im Chan-kyu

Im Chan-kyu
Hangul	임찬규
Hanja	任燦圭
Revised Romanization	Im Changyu
McCune–Reischauer	Im Ch'ankyu

Im Chan-kyu
Im Chan-kyu
LG Twins – No. 1
	Pitcher
	Born: November 20, 1992 (age 31); Seoul, South Korea
	Bats: Right Throws: Right
KBO debut
	April 2, 2011, for the LG Twins
KBO statistics ; (through May 29, 2024)
Batting average	.265
Home runs	156
Runs batted in	823
Teams
	LG Twins (2011–present); Korean Police Baseball Team (2014–2015);
Career highlights and awards
	Joa Pharmaceutical Professional Baseball Awards 'Hephos Award' (2010); Choa Pharmaceutical Pro Baseball Awards 'Rookie of the Year' (2011);

Im Chan-kyu (Korean: 임찬규 born November 20, 1992) is a South Korean pitcher for the LG Twins of the KBO League.

Playing career

Amateur career

High school career

Chan-kyu made a relief appearance in the overtime match of the President's Cup final against Deoksu High School, giving the team its first President's Cup championship trophy in 14 years and winning MVP of the tournament.

Professional career

1st period of LG Twins era

2011 season

Chan-kyu was selected in the first round (2nd overall) in the rookie draft and joined with a contract deposit of 300 million won and an annual salary of 24 million won. He mainly pitched as a relief pitcher, and appeared in 65 games, recording 9 wins, 6 losses, and 7 saves. At the end of the season, he appeared in two games as a starter, but showed poor performance as a starter, recording an ERA in the 4-point range.

2012 season

He recorded his first win in his debut. When he debuted, he wore number 1, but after the season, he handed it over to Woo Kyu-min, who was discharged from the Korean Police Baseball Team at the time. After the 2012 season, he was selected to represent the Asian Baseball Championship, but was unable to participate due to a herniated disc.

Korean Police Baseball Team

After the 2013 season, he passed along with Bae Young-seop and Shin Jae-young. He was discharged from the military on September 25, 2015.

2nd period of LG Twins era

2016 season

On August 4th, against the Doosan Bears, he allowed 3 runs in 5.2 innings.

2017 season

In the exhibition game, he recorded the best performance among the 5 starter candidates and was selected as the 5th starter. The first starting game of the season was canceled due to rain, so his pitching schedule was delayed and he had a hard time controlling his condition, and in the game against Lotte on April 9, he became the losing pitcher with 6 walks, 6 walks, and 3 runs in 3.1 innings. On April 15th, against Kia Tigers, he went 5 innings with no runs, striking out 3, and against KIA on April 21st, he started showing good form by allowing 1 run, 6 strikeouts in 5 innings, and against SK on April 27th, he pitched 7.1 innings, struck out 7, and gave up no runs. It left a strong impression by recording QS+ for the first time in 1668 days. David Huff, who was the first starter at the time, left due to injury and was promoted to the fourth starter.

2018 season

In the game against the NC Dinos on July 4th, he recorded QS+ by allowing 3 runs in 7 innings.On July 19, 2018, he achieved a double-digit win in his first debut against the Kiwoom Heros.

2020 season

Chan-kyu recorded double-digit wins for the second time in his career.

2023 season

Chan-kyu started the season in the bullpen, but later became a starter and won 14 games, breaking his personal record for most wins and ranking third overall in most wins and first among domestic players, contributing to winning the regular season.

He started in Game 3 of the Korean Series and allowed 1 run in 3.2 innings. And the team won the championship for the first time in 29 years.

Uniform numbers

'1' (2011-2012, 2017-present)
'29' (2013-2016)

논란

On June 8, 2011, in the second half of the game against Hanwha, Jeong Won-seok attempted to steal home, and he hastily threw the ball home, but he had already started pitching, so it was a balk. However, the umpires did not recognize this and made a mistake by declaring Jeong Won-seok out.
On May 26, 2013, Chung Eui-yoon, who led the LG Twins to victory with a walk-off hit against SK and was selected as the MVP of the game, was being interviewed by Jeong In-young, who was an announcer for KBS N Sports at the time. He received water from a trash can and was interviewed by Chung Eui-yoon and Jeong In-young. A thunderbolt of water was thrown towards. However, due to his mistake, Jeong In-young, who was covered in more water than Jeong Eui-yoon, was broadcast live, but stopped the interview for a while, quickly adjusted his appearance, and then conducted the interview again. He apologized the next day, but KBS N Sports' criticism continued. This turned into a fight between KBS N Sports officials and baseball players. In particular, KBS reporter Han Seong-yoon and producer Kim Seong-tae posted emotional posts on Twitter and Facebook saying that all baseball players need character education. In response, baseball players such as Kim Jeong-jun and Park Jae-hong expressed opposition. For this reason, KBS N Sports publicly declared a boycott and said there will be no future interviews with the LG Twins, but interviews are continuing. Kim Ki-tae, who was the manager of the LG Twins at the time, and Lee Byeong-gyu, who was the captain at the time, went to the announcer again in Jamsil and formally apologized. This incident gave rise to the nickname ‘Mool Chan-gyu’.

Schools attended

Seoul Gadong Elementary School
Cheongwon Middle School
Whimoon High School

Career record

연도	팀명	평균자책점	경기	승	패	세	홀	승률	타자	이닝	피안타	피홈런	볼넷	사구	탈삼진	실점	자책점
2011	LG	4.46	65	9	6	7	0	0.600	375	82⅔	73	8	61	1	62	45	41
2012		4.53	18	1	5	0	1	0.167	243	55⅔	71	5	23	1	31	29	28
2013		4.70	17	1	1	0	0	0.500	201	44	51	7	21	0	45	24	23
2016		6.51	15	3	3	0	1	0.500	215	47	46	6	32	6	38	35	34
2017		4.63	27	6	10	0	0	0.375	560	124⅓	133	12	45	24	113	70	64
2018		5.77	29	11	11	1	0	0.500	680	146⅔	195	23	47	13	125	104	94
2019		4.97	30	3	5	0	2	0.375	392	88⅔	84	10	46	7	72	51	49
2020		4.08	27	10	9	0	0	0.526	641	147⅔	143	14	65	5	138	76	67
2021		3.87	17	1	8	0	0	0.111	387	90⅔	76	7	41	3	67	45	39
2022		5.04	23	6	11	0	0	0.353	459	103⅔	113	10	39	7	75	60	58
2023		3.42	30	14	3	0	1	0.824	632	144⅔	142	10	54	5	103	63	55
통산	11시즌	4.62	298	65	72	8	5	0.468	4785	1075⅔	1127	112	474	72	869	602	552